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Violent male rape of 63-year-old sees 21-year-old 'wolf in...
A 21-year-old "devious, manipulating rapist" who violently raped a man three times his age at his home in Bristol after meeting him at a city centre bar has been jailed for six years."Wolf in sheep's...
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Ford Transit vans targetted by high-tech gang of thieves in...
FORD Transit vans have been targeted by thieves in the Cheddar Valley area.And owners believe a gang with skeleton keys, cloned security devices and alarm jammers have been used to get into the...
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Woman, 77, has handbag snatched after church service
A 77-YEAR-OLD lady had her handbag snatched and was knocked to the floor after attending church.The police have laucnhed an appeal for witnesses following the incident in the car park of Victoria...
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CCTV images of Bristol burglary suspects released by Avon and...
POLICE are appealing for information following a large-scale burglary in Bristol. The incident took place on April 18 at approximately 2.30pm at the Chelsea Road Mini Mart, Chelsea Road, Bristol. Five...
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Police has 'lost touch with Sherborne public', says retired...
A retired Sherborne police detective has chastised the current force following a "daylight robbery" on Cheap Street earlier this month. The Abbey Pharmacy was targeted by three thieves on September 1,...
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Somerset sees sharp rise in 'making off without payment' crimes
The number of people running off without paying for stuff in Somerset has risen by more than half since last year.An analysis of open crime data by Somerset Live has revealed an alarming rise in...
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Dark Somerset: Constance Kent and the Road Hill House murder...
It was the case that took the Victorian world by storm and inspired Arthur Conan Doyle to pen murder mysteries and even after more than 150 the grisly murder of a three-year-old boy at a house in Rode...
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Police mobile speed camera locations in Somerset from September...
Police mobile speed camera patrols are being carried out across Somerset by Avon and Somerset Constabulary from Monday (September 19).Speed vans and bikes will be stations across the county, aiming to...
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Man arrested following attempted robbery of man in his 80s in...
A man has been arrested in connection with attempted robbery after an elderly motorist was allegedly threatened in Weston-super-Mare. On Saturday (September 17) police released CCTV footage captured in...
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Nineteen drug dealers from across Somerset jailed for 53 years...
Nineteen drug dealers from across Somerset have been jailed after a nine-month police investigation into the supply of Class A drugs into the county.The group were handed a total of 53 years and four...
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Shepton Mallet man Karl Witcombe to face trial for burglary
A man accused of stealing two TVs, a computer tablet, a laptop, hard drive, Playstation, Xbox and drill from a house in Shepton Mallet will face a trial early next year.Karl James Witcombe, 30, of...
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Royal Marine Ciarán Maxwell, from Somerset, to stand trial...
A serving Royal Marine from Somerset accused of terrorism, fraud and drugs offences will stand trial in February.The 30-year-old serving Royal Marine stationed at the Royal Marine base RM Norton Manor...
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Man arrested for arson after Midsomer Norton St Luke's Road...
A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson following a house fire in St Luke's Road in Midsomer Norton last week.A spokesman for Avon and Somerset Police confirmed a 37-year-old local...
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Taunton incident: Woman detained after police called to centre of...
A woman has been detained following a theft in Taunton town centre. The theft is understood to have taken place in the Goodlands Garden area of the town, just off North Street. Police officers are at...
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Four men arrested on suspicion of drug offences in Yeovil bailed...
Four men arrested on suspicion of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply have been bailed by police. Police seized a large quantity of drugs after a car was seen driving erratically on...
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Scott and Karen Baird face jail for terrible assault which left...
Two members of a Wells family have been warned they could be jailed for their part in a horrific assault in Shepton Mallet which left one woman with two broken legs after she fell from a porch...
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Revealed: Shocking figures reveal number of knifepoint rape...
As many as 28 people have been raped at knifepoint in Avon and Somerset in the past four years.The shocking figures come from the Home Office's crime data, which tracks rape and other serious crimes...
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Dorset Police say check outbuildings after locks damaged on farm...
Police have urged people in the Sherborne area to be on their guard after locks were damaged on farm outbuildings.The damage was discovered after a group of people were seen visiting a farm near...
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Yeovil dad shared shocking video of son being beaten in Abbey...
The father of a 12-year-old boy viciously beaten in a Yeovil park has explained why he posted a video of the attack on Facebook which has ended up going viral. By Monday evening - a little over 24...
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Boy beaten up in Abbey Manor Park offered free training by Yeovil...
A "disgusted" martial-arts expert from Yeovil has offered to train the young boy who was filmed being beaten up in a park in the town.The shocking video of Toby Gates, 12, getting punched and kicked to...
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